Magnus LOSES by En Passant Checkmate!

[@chess]

the holy grail of all checkmates

[@heyitsjustmejj]

Wow, it's literally Chess. Edit: IDK what this started, but I can assure you I didn’t steal this…

[@bert8819]

Wow, it’s literally Chess.

[@jojobod]

holy hell

[@davidkim8071]

Wow, it’s literally Chess

[@PapaSeed]

Give me my 3500 rating pls

[@scarrrtd7342]

an En passant checkmate against Magnus gotta be top 3 biggest flex in human history

[@Kitcomedy]

the other two would be promotion to bishop & knight mate

[@Haoyu-xd2om]

lol facts

[@michaelesser8862]

Beat mittens also

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

Yes

[@QuantumHistorian]

A doubled revealed mate from En Passant would be en even bigger flex (eg, if the bishop at g7 wasn't there and white had another rook on d7).

[@wdaniel891]

Me: **plays 2 random moves** Levy: Ah yes, the East Mongolian Inside Out Chalupa Ramirez Defense Variation

[@talonthehand]

An opening that we all know intimately of course

[@juliansmith-mclallen1784]

😂😂

[@CamronPR377]

Thank you 😂

[@kam_pah]

Как я тебя понимаю, бро. Мой уровень 800 и любой кто меня побеждает - маг, ибо я не знаю как так можно играть.

[@yakovhadash]

that’s a fascinating line

[@go9565]

And then he told magnus "Google en passant" To which magnus replied "Holy Hell!"

[@3van660]

Levy pronouncing en passant in his most passionate french accent is just the funniest shit 😂

[@46221A]

@@xshxr thats the point of foreign words

[@Ragna_R0ck]

​@@xshxr except for zwischenzug

[@connorswife_]

13:50

[@filipbitala2624]

@@xshxran peasant

[@alax1313]

Levy's best attribute

[@kaydamation7082]

Respect to magnus for not resigning and letting it happen

[@moronoftheinternet8864]

I was really happy when he allowed the checkmate to happen. In most games where someone finds some genius or beautiful checkmate combination the opponent just resigns before they get checkmated, and it kind of ruins it a bit. Thankfully Magnus is a good sport.

[@Kobe_Abogutal]

he's a real gamer

[@hei7846]

@@Kobe_Abogutal He probably even says GG while losing

[@Kobe_Abogutal]

@@hei7846 I don't doubt it

[@jasonhalverson1180]

I agree

[@taejoonparkkk]

I will never get tired of hearing levy cry out "THE ROOOOOOK"

[@jabloko992]

ROOK HAICH FIIIIVE

[@tomsterbg8130]

@@jabloko992 try it with A GERMAN ACCENT 😂😂😂😂

[@lorefox201]

it's like he's calling his STAND

[@TheLfamily24]

I always think this now when people sack their knight hahahahha I’m jus the ROOOOK

[@Bruh-mb8dx]

It’s HIS ROOOK

[@Vabe7]

14:59 "Eric Rosen squealed so loud that one of his neighbours fainted." - Levy, 2023

[@maxomega3]

the highlight of the video for me

[@iceeeyy3557]

Beautiful

[@gabor6259]

Is there footage?

[@StefaNoneD]

Is this a joke from Levi?

[@siezard4663]

Could someone please explain the joke for me?

[@jorgeferreira6227]

I'm not even an amateur at chess, but watching this move, how it was performed and the strategy behind it all gives me the chills.

[@dawshfini7354]

“You get up and take a bow” 😂😂😂

[@Overkill9991]

I am glad magnus did not resign but instead allowed himself to get mated. It shows that he has respect for the other player for finding the amazing sacrifices

[@Wopple]

Yup. Magnus 100% knew what was coming but wanted to let them get the moment.

[@PabloGomez-ch9bo]

@@Wopple Magnus is 3171 exactly 629 away from stockfish!

[@PabloGomez-ch9bo]

@Shin it doesn’t but it does

[@aamsheerzabal7128]

The point of resigning is not to disrespect your opponent, because not resigning in a completely losing position implies that you don’t believe your opponent is able to close the game. It’s like when you have a pawn that you can’t stop in an end game and all you have is your king, not resigning means you don’t believe your opponent can checkmate you with the queen that he’ll get. While knowing that your opponent is well aware of how to do that, you resign to not waste time.

[@The_Fourth_Wise_Man]

The En croissant is my favorite move in chess

[@maximilianarold]

Holy Hell

[@FredPlanatia]

oh, flex your French knowledge, why dontcha!

[@ygxyzgamerz4483]

@@FredPlanatia Spanish

[@paper2222]

@@ygxyzgamerz4483 Italian

[@innocent1714]

Croissant ...

[@keenanlarsen1639]

En Passant Checkmate is the Tuxedo Winnie the Pooh of finishing moves.

[@Cobra-King3]

Nah, King Winnie the Pooh

[@Joseph-cg9hm]

@@Cobra-King3 tuxedo Winnie is O-O-O Mate

[@JerkyJones100]

Yes! 😆😆

[@x8067]

This is the most redditor thing I've ever heard

[@CanadiansAreYummy]

​@@x8067holy hell

[@lutimstrickshots9253]

Magnus is such a sport that he didn't resign and allowed it to happen.

[@Strizix]

He didn’t know it was gonna happen. It was an en passant

[@stuckonautomatic]

​@@StrizixEn passants can be anticipated though. A GM should see it

[@logechi3661]

Yes he saw it, there is the live stream

[@kwanmak9766]

@@Strizix Even 1000s can see it.

[@lucaspanto9650]

He sacrifices THE ROOOOOOOK And then EN PASSANT checkmate

[@WALOWALOWALOWALOWALOWALOWALOW]

I absolutely love that Magnus has the self-awareness to let that checkmate happen

[@hmikas6698]

wtf is that name

[@AnnaSue81]

@@hmikas6698 hes walo

[@marcoplayz6821]

@@AnnaSue81 You mean walowalowalowalowalowalowalowalowalowalowalowalowalowalowalowalowalowalo

[@tapiocaweasel]

@@hmikas6698 WALOWALOWALOWALOWALOWALO

[@theultimatesussyman]

hello there brother

[@xalron]

Kudos to the GOAT for spending those 30 seconds and choosing to ensure the en passant checkmate.

[@LittletbigT]

Long castle stalemate might actually be the rarest ending to a chess game

[@thomasjackson2457]

You SOB

[@riordanbrown9557]

How would you even achieve this? I can’t imagine it

[@PRmoustache88]

@theowldidthat SPAM!

[@steven631764]

That sounds pretty damn rare. I thought the 13-yo Morphy vs his dad game where he castle checkmated with rook odds was amazing. Do people realize he retired from competitive chess at 22? (Just sending out some Morphy love) Is there a real example of a long castle stalemate? (not theoretical)

[@WaluigiisthekingASmith]

Its actually not too difficult. Basically the idea is that your opponents king can move into a box with no moves and then whatever move you make if it isnt check or it doesn't open a square will be stalemate. The real question is how you still have castling rights when your opponent has nothing.

[@prandtl1956]

7:09 Surely I can’t be the only one to recognise the Igoudala reference? Levy just a great comedian and made me chuckle

[@anglik3954]

Extra props for the roast of Eric Rosen at 14:58. Came out of nowhere and made me chuckle. This is chess standup gold, Levy!

[@reesedeskins]

The concept of an en passant checkmate absolutely blows my mind

[@kai0_o564]

magnus lost the game to en passant.

[@listey]

Insane to lose against an en passant checkmate against Hammer? Agreed.

[@chimken9865]

damn that’s like 1/10000

[@QuickQuips]

It was in a guess the elo episode too.

[@hatyyy]

@Eye shut up bot

[@PhillipAmthor]

9:01 The move is called Zwischenzug, german word literally means in-between-move, where a player, instead of playing the expected move, first inserts a move which the opponent must answer, before making the expected move.

[@hellraizzer7064]

Thanks for the statement, captain obvious.

[@lucasinatur]

​@@hellraizzer7064where was that obvious? Because of the pronouniaton I only heard the part zug and needed to look in the comments right here to understand the word. I'm German.

[@PhillipAmthor]

@@hellraizzer7064 why captain obvious? I literally had to search chess terms on wikipedia because his pronunciation of "zwischen" is so wrong i couldnt understand what he says. I could only recognise "...zug" and i know my language when i hear it!!! Before i edited my comment i asked what he says at the time stamp. Because i got my answer and didnt want other poeple to search i edited it so you sont have to search for it!

[@kindlin]

That's about how I would try and pronounce it. How are you supposed to pronounce it? Or is it one of those hard-to-translate sounds?

[@fred_bauer]

@@kindlin maybe something like tswishen-zug

[@aKhemu]

7:18 did i find g5? yes did i know what should follow? no would i have blundered everything because of that? yes. would i have blundered everything with every other move? yes. gotta love chess.

[@jonatanhansen202]

Would you also have blundered wayy before that position anyway so you would never have the opportunity? yes. I mean, same here of course

[@aKhemu]

@@jonatanhansen202 indeed. edit: just thought about it as a study: best move in current position

[@deathpacito290]

chess irl

[@defenestratedalien1448]

13:06 pure Levy gold 😂

[@Sojourner88]

Amazing game. Kudos to Magnus for not resigning and letting it play out for the fans.

[@xf4n4t1c7]

My respect for magnus for letting en passant checkmate instead of resigning 📈📈📈 Thank you everyone for the likes.

[@os.a.m.a]

He deserved it

[@clibothy]

I hate when people resign before I get an absolutely beautiful checkmate

[@youuuuuuuuuuutube]

There's also always the chance that the opponent blunders the checkmate.

[@foufou3616]

@@youuuuuuuuuuutube this is a magnus video not guess the elo

[@zyannnobles5980]

For the sake of history he lets it happened

[@inujosha]

As a chess player, I can totally understand getting burned out once you reach your peak elo because you get frustrated with yourself that you can't seem to advance. That being said, I truly appreciate you, Levi, for this wonderful content and to see your passion for chess. It is inspiring.

[@gabrielbarros493]

Unless you are at least a national master, i don't think you've reached your peak elo

[@inujosha]

@@gabrielbarros493 Maybe so, but I feel like I'm not capable of reaching anything higher. I currently float in between 1500 and 1600, but I feel I lack the skills to get any higher than that.

[@ExSpheriment]

@@inujosha thats great man

[@d1vin1ty]

@@inujosha It's less about skill and more about practice and time. It's about just putting more and more games under your belt, getting more experience and familiarity to be able to notice moves naturally, and to study the actual theory behind chess and understand the different openings, their strengths and weaknesses, and become better at being able to see how moves are going to play out 5-10 moves down the line. All of which comes from practice and learning.

[@andrecarcausto2740]

@@inujosha i am now 1750-1800 on lichess and i can tell you the biggest difference i had was to keep playing, just playing and playing will make you improve BUT you have to play consciously analyze your mistakes, positions and everything, that's is when little by little you will see progress. And of course watching better people, videos like this one and learning theory will help, but all comes down to playing. Hope it helps

[@derreckstonier7383]

Best quote ever : im just here to relay the moves in an accessible and funny way so that you don't realize chess is basically just pain and sadness.

[@FredPlanatia]

Levi is the jester of the harsh queen Caïssa we all worship.

[@TooShawn]

"i want iguadala" lmaooo didn't expect a random basketball cameo

[@Raphael-pt7rx]

6:57 king: makes a bongcloud levy: absolute center of the board

[@dark_winter8238]

Magnus saw how good Hikaru was getting with Levi's coaching and decided he needed to learn from the master. 😉 I am excited for the collaboration.

[@pappifaffi]

Thanks for putting the clocks in Levy, I actually enjoy seeing the time stamps per move

[@rosiefay7283]

And thanks from me, too. When the times jump back up to their starting values, I know you're showing hypothetical moves, and when they jump back down, I know you've resumed the moves that got played.

[@nightlynic]

Recently played a game where my opponent was forced to en passant to escape checkmate, but did not know it existed and lost on time. He had 3 min left on clock.

[@charliejessup5574]

😂

[@lizigyik]

What elo bro?

[@eggdude-n5q]

They tell me I'm a God I lost to en passant

[@albertrenshaw4252]

Props to Magnus for not resigning. A gentleman truly in it for the love of the game

[@kanduko]

En passant checkmate is like the hero walking away from an exploding scene in a Michael Bay production.

[@nobody7817]

screw Michael Bay... but yeah to the first part. Mentioning his name, though, lost you a potential thumbs up...

[@kanduko]

@@nobody7817 Honestly I don't know much about him. Just that he is famous for stupid hugh explosions in movies :D

[@bevandleon]

@@kanduko Who gives a fuck what that moron thinks. Don’t apologize to him

[@bevandleon]

@@nobody7817 Stfu, you’re stupid

[@nobody7817]

@@bevandleon 1) I have more right to comment than you do, 2) I'm about 10x the IQ level of your entire family combined...3) Get off your Mom's computer before she grounds you...again.

[@notc0ol]

for anyone curious at 13:11 there is a famous beloved *"THE ROOOOOOOOOOOOOK"*

[@Ion-Luca-Caragiale]

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[@MichaelJBurnsII]

I like how Levy said, “I don’t know what the kids do these days” like he isn’t a 27 yr old kid himself. Levy, you’re not that old yet. You have many years ahead.

[@yessir6427]

27 years old should be a man already,

[@mehedi1178]

I'm 21 and even i don't know what kids do these days.

[@perman07]

@@yessir6427 Says who? Many aren't. And the people in prior generations who supposedly were, due to earlier getting a job, family and home had different circumstances and likely would have been like us if they time travelled here after high school.

[@Williamottelucas]

I'm 65 and I still haven't grown up. Maybe next birthday . . .

[@Eric_The_Cleric]

@William Lucas you mean next birthday when you get a big cake with candles and ice cream and all your friends gathering around for a big birthday present opening? Stay forever young, my friend. I hope I do as well. :)

[@minimsc]

how do you know english, russian, german, french, it's simply amazing to hear all those accents

[@Sinful_Solution]

Great game! Congrats to both for being part of an amazing historical game!

[@tweeantelope784yt9]

Black king: you can't defeat me White bishop: I know, but he can **PAWN**

[@eric-rosen]

holy...

[@mati___as]

is your neighbor okay?

[@dx87gaming31]

wow it’s eric rosen

[@BoltCreations]

hell

[@biharek7595]

...duck

[@0_Viegaz]

The "I want Iguodala" line by Max Kellerman always cracks me up🤣

[@plaguetree6920]

This was an energizing game! Nice work GM Hammer!

[@ElTankie]

Magnus let it play out bc he wants to build his streaming/KZbin channels and this move makes him go viral

[@Incepter.]

Jon Ludvig had to be so proud after he just beat Magnus Carlsen with an En Passant move, fantastic match.

[@nobody7817]

If it had been me, I would have sat there thinking... no way. There has to be something I'm missing. Once played and mate was announced, I would have just sat there thinking... no way...what did I do wrong? lool There's NO WAY I just won this... and with THAT move? Yeah, they would have found me still sitting there a week later...

[@swaritsrivastava8996]

the bullet on the toilet and getting mad for 40 minutes was a direct call out

[@d4kx639]

Man, you kill me with that Max Kellerman reference at 7:08 😂

[@user-br2gi8kh5s]

Yeah

[@aryaabrishami3779]

"HE'S THE LEBRON JAMES OF CHESS"

[@aryaabrishami3779]

(Like if you get the reference

[@joecatalan]

14:05 white has to take with the e pawn because If he takes with the g-pawn, the black king can go to h6

[@BunniBuu]

To people saying castle mate is more rare: you can set up a castle mate by force (for example, just don't move king and one rook the entire game, make two queens to force the king into the D or F file and castle). Setting up en passant mate is ridiculously difficult and often requires your opponent to make the moves to allow it to happen.

[@Triskelion345]

i love you

[@robloxinternationalvideos6503]

@@Triskelion345 Da hell?

[@Triskelion345]

@@robloxinternationalvideos6503 real

[@SM-cq1mm]

​@@Triskelion345 I love you more

[@Triskelion345]

@@SM-cq1mm 😳

[@coensalvadorbrown9654]

Nobody keeps us entertained like Levy. On behalf of all your viewers thank you for this awesome content

[@thatonepker5133]

Please don’t speak for me thanks

[@Kalamarij]

ThatonePKer doesn't want people to speak for them guys

[@TewityPlays]

@Eye.. stop

[@dadiscoverychannel]

On behalf of me I think he should shut the fuck up and stop talking!

[@brodiemorris2081]

Npc ass comment

[@benix598]

14:04 You can't actually take with the G pawn, because the king then has an escape square on h6

[@FredPlanatia]

ah, yes. I knew someone else would spot it. Like this up! That's what happens when Levi does a quickie.

[@MrHioso14]

He just meant that En Passant is possible both ways, but of course only one of these two choices led to checkmate :)

[@benix598]

@@MrHioso14 I understand but I thought I might as well point it out, so my 800 brain feels smart

[@stevendeslauriers1369]

@@FredPlanatia He does know, but didn`t mention it.

[@7jeffreyhui742]

@@stevendeslauriers1369 how did u make ‘ Backwards

[@newphonewhodis9215]

Eric Rosen catching stray bullets

[@bluester5184]

2:30 “and ŷüłūłúłû goes for h4”

[@LXWiseman]

I'm so thankful for your explanations, this game was 1000x over my head and I love that you allowed me to understand it.

[@ExpiredIDK]

It's always a Levy thing when he screams *DA ROOOK*

[@ebibieuhueuh]

10/10 Gotham Chess stare at the start

[@Tab59]

Magnus is a chad for not resigning

[@misterscottintheway]

This is why resigning should have some kind of disincentive. You lose all these crazy games when people are allowed to just walk away with no penalty

[@zaraya8627]

always wanted to see an en passant checkmate.. thanks levy

[@ChefffffRP]

You should see Rosens

[@Ecl1psed276]

I think a castling checkmate 0-0-0# or 0-0# is rarer than en passant checkmate, would love to see something like that happen in a tournament lol

[@mello-by]

Happened to me once in blitz 😔

[@quirkasaurussaurus2896]

yah. . . and edward lasker missed his chance to do the o-o-o mate, iirc. instead, he just moved his king out of the way.

[@The2bGaming]

Don't forget the elusive Il Vaticano#

[@zoltan9760]

Yeah I have one in 5min rapid so cool lol only did it cu it was there at the end of the game

[@khy6330]

I've actually played a game as white where an early queen trade (Qxd8, Kxd8) left my opponent's king stuck in the middle of board unable to castle and on the completely open d-file. Later in the game I got a position where my opponent blundered making Rad1# possible. While looking at the move I thought I had not yet castled my king, so I cheekly decided to play 0-0-0 to place the queen's rook on d1 for mate. One caveat: this was a game between ~1200 ELO players so I doubt you'd see that line in a tourney.

[@louisnemzer6801]

En passant checkmate is like a walk-off hit by pitch in baseball

[@prdoyle]

I vote for this comment to be pinned 🤣

[@whitecoffee1427]

Almost like a walk off intentional walk lmao, it’s almost better to just resign before it happens 😂

[@parthibhayat]

What is that, can anyone explain

[@harrygenderson6847]

@@parthibhayat It's basically like the baseball equivalent of en passant checkmate. Hope this helps.

[@milehighslacker4196]

In baseball, it is the bottom of the 9th (last) inning. The home team is up to bat and the score is tied. The bases are loaded. There might be 2 outs, and the count might be 3-2 (3 balls 2 strikes). The final pitch of the game, the pitcher throws the ball to the plate and its a bit wild - it hits the batter from the home team. He gets to advance for free to 1st base. The players on the bases all advance one space, and the man on 3rd base comes home and scores the winning run - for the win! (I think I got that right).

[@lutimstrickshots9253]

Good old Levy staring into a blank void intro

[@MikeyMobes]

keep killin it bro

[@obijack08]

Now I’m waiting for an ll Vaticano checkmate

[@ProfKim]

The rarest checkmate lead to the rarest youtube event... Gotham Chess posting two videos the same day!

[@oosmanbeekawoo]

It's a prophecy! Killing Baldur ("Magnus") leads to Ragnarök!

[@xhappybunnyx]

Huge heartfelt thank you for bringing these games to life.

[@beanman6736]

“ZWEECHENZOOG” Levy said calmly

[@YogiBearStudios]

The fact that this was done in a 3-minute match is even more nuts

[@Zejgar]

2:02 Really good pronunciation

[@abdurrazzaquehowlader]

He's ethnically russian.

[@benjaminwood8736]

Moving his king to f8 was probably a mouse slip when he intended to castle

[@Okiesmokie]

Castling there would've lost the game almost immediately

[@willelliott2671]

Just more proof that no matter who you are, no matter how good you are, everyone rolls a 1 sometimes

[@ryanbell3704]

One day, that guy is gonna be telling his grandkids how he en passant checkmated the world champion

[@ian9toes]

The G5 pawn was covering H6 so the E5 pawn was the only pawn that could take not both as stated in this video.

[@yoavjacoby8246]

Once the eval bar showed mate in eleven, I paused the video and actually did manage to find it. But the difficult part is finding it without knowing in advance that there's a tactic there.

[@AB-sg4xu]

What do you mean? You already knew what the move was from the title of the video lol

[@yoavjacoby8246]

@@AB-sg4xu The move? I'm talking about the moves. Plural. From 12:08, I paused the video and calculated the forced checkmate. Obviously knowing that one of the lines ends with en passant was helpful, but it's not like I didn't have to do any work...

[@AB-sg4xu]

@@yoavjacoby8246 ohh I misread mate in 1 sorry

[@ReddooryogaSH]

The title of the video helps too ;)

[@yoavjacoby8246]

@@ReddooryogaSH Mate in eleven, not mate in one

[@officialbrick]

honestly the most beautiful check mate i’ve seen

[@Lelo117]

Never seen Levi this shocked in the intro before 00:00 - 00:01

[@oogabooga191]

Hes not shocked hes horrified

[@rodrigomesquita25]

Gotham said I want Iguodala!

[@kshitijbansod]

This was the most ridiculous checkmate I've ever seen

[@king.enpassant]

0:00 for those who want levy to stare into your soul

[@Frenchhornhero]

Levy is a mind reader. Within the last 24 hours I was wondering to myself if en passant had been used to checkmate before. Next I’m going to wonder if someone has ever played checkmate while at gunpoint. You’re all welcome for the next video.

[@_yazen_]

0:00 that stare

[@miket591]

that is the craziest game of chess I have ever seen

[@mememaster_700]

Just imagine naming your account some random words and checkmating magnus by en passant. What a legend

[@defenestratedalien1448]

The two greatest things in chess combined at once, En Passant Checkmate 🙌🙌🙌🙌 The Hammer is the most used tool in construction and Jon Ludvig just constructed a masterpiece, against the world champion!

[@LucianDevine]

Hammered that game home with the long castle queen side!

[@TheDestroyer7102]

Props to Hammer for the amazing mate, gotta be a lifetime achievement mating the GOAT with en passant mate!

[@N0zer0]

it was Hammer time

[@vonUtz]

This is history, this game will be taught to future generations. Proud to have witnessed it. Happy to have seen it here with your presentation and explanation. Thanks to Hammer and Carlsen for having created such a beauty

[@drumstuff1524]

0:00 I love the all-knowing stare in the beginning of the video

[@noblerare]

Love the Max Kellerman ESPN reference at 7:10-7:16.

[@funnychannelnamehere623]

I’ve been checkmated by En Passant, but not because my opponent is a genius 😂

[@YellowBellow75]

Boys will give you a million more subs and likes if you collaborate with magnus for an episode

[@Jan_ne]

10:24 Hans Niemann be like:

[@HammondGaming]

Omfg take my upvote

[@CrabCrabCrabskateCrab]

@@HammondGaming upvote💀 you spend too much time on reddit ,my friend

[@HammondGaming]

@@CrabCrabCrabskateCrab did you want to call them likes or thumbs up? It's literally all the same shit, ya pedantic creep

[@fraiqo3100]

The EN PASSANT

[@Mikejones011990]

That would be an awesome collaboration. I haven't watched a ton of Magnus streams, but he has a deadpan sense of humor. He's such an intense competitor, but he knows how to relax and play for fun too. One guy demolishes and sometimes goofs around, the other goofs around and sometimes blunders into brilliant queen sacrifices. Sign me up.

[@saeedlulw2384]

9/10 stare today , my soul feels touched

[@joeecm27]

That was a truly epic finish.

[@brodyrines3990]

levi, you helped me out of a dark time many years ago. I just wanted to let you know that my life is on track and you helped in a big way. thank you

[@ex8800]

He do be taking out the goth in gotham

[@bob733333]

You move your jaw like someone who is on speed.

[@TherealSquiffy]

Levy: plays out the entire game Also Levy: "but that's not what happened"